HDD Probz

[Aldur_wm]

Doesn't sound like a mechanical issue to me, so I don't think the freezer trick will do him any good (it's usually a "click of death" fix).

Have you tried a straight backup, yet?

Oh he was serious? that actually works? lol i thought he was joking.

I tried directly copying files off there. But it simply struggles for a few seconds then says 'directory cannot be found' or 'directory cannot be accessed' or something along those lines. I've been googling around, but nobody has had a worknig solution to this yet apparently. I've played with a few windows-settings, but it doesnt help at all really.

If i can get my friend to cooperate with his new beest. Which has plenty of room for my files. I could attempt a 'GetDataBack' program ive used before, it worked with a wrecked HDD i found. Im not sure if it will work on a fried one though.

Anyone got any neat little tricks to say... reset the firmware without wiping the HDD? (the Seagate firmware updates state that if i have the 'CC' firmware, which i do, then updating firmware will wipe data). Or maybe some program that can fix the formatting of the hard drive, allowing me to access them properly.

Thanks for the help so far guys. I appreciate it